Sacramento in Sacramento County, California — The American West (Pacific Coastal)

Re-Internment Site For New Helvetia Cemetery

By Syd Whittle, May 11, 2009

1. Re-Internment Site For New Helvetia Cemetery Marker

Inscription.

In memory of the persons
Laid to rest between
1849 and 1912 by the
County of Sacramento at
New Helvetia Cemetery

Dedicated by the
Sacramento County
Board of SupervisorsSacramento County Cemetery Advisory Commission
2003

Erected 2003 by Sacramento County Cemetery Advisory Commission.

Location. 38° 33.624′ N, 121° 27.165′ W. Marker is in Sacramento, California, in Sacramento County. Marker is at the intersection of 43rd Street and Folsom Boulevard on 43rd Street. Touch for map. Marker is located at the Southeast corner of the New Helvetia Re-internment section of the East Lawn Memorial Park. The section is located near the Southwest corner of the cemetery. Marker is in this post office area: Sacramento CA 95819, United States of America.

Also see . . . Lest They Be Forgotten – Again. Brochure published by the Sacramento County Cemetery Advisory Commission with support from East Lawn Memorial Park, giving the history of New Helvetia Cemetery and the relocating of remains. (Submitted on May 14, 2009, by Syd Whittle of El Dorado Hills, California.)

Additional comments. 1. Flat Grave MarkersIn 1916 New Helvetia Cemetery was converted to a park. Most of the monuments were removed and replaced with flat grave markers. In 1955-56 all remains were removed to prepare for the building of Sutter Middle School on the site. These grave markers made their way into residentís backyards and driveways to be used as pavers. There is an asserted effort being made to recover these markers and to place them at the cemetery where the person was re-interred.

By Syd Whittle, May 11, 2009

3. A Second Marker Located at the New Helvetia Re-Internment Section

Many of these markers now outline the New Helvetia Section at East Lawn Memorial Park.

Published in the San Francisco Daily Morning Call on September 7, 1864.

"We compile an account of this terrible disaster from dispatches published in the evening papers. The explosion of the boilers of the Washoe took place at ten o'clock, at a point just above the Hog's Back, about ten miles above Rio Vista, on her up-trip on Monday night. One of the boilers collapsed a flue, and, it is said, made a clean sweep aft, going overboard through the stern of the boat. The cause of this dreadful calamity, according to D. M. Anderson, the engineer, (who died at the Sacramento hospital just after he made the statement,) was rotten iron in the boiler. At the time of the explosion there were one hundred and twenty-five pounds pressure on the boiler, with two cocks of solid water. The engine was high pressure. The upper works of the boat aft were completely shattered, some portions of them, with the state rooms being blown overboard. The boat had passed the Hog's Back about four or five minutes before

By Syd Whittle, May 11, 2009

4. Grave Markers

See Comment #1

the explosion. She was about twenty yards off the left bank at the time, and the whole steering gear being destroyed, she took a sheer and ran ashore, her bow providentially touching a tree, to which those not injured fastened the boat. Had she not run ashore, almost everybody on board would have been lost, as they could not steer the wreck, and they had no boats, the steamer sinking gradually astern. The boat was set on fire in three places, which added to the horror of the scene. The fire, however, was put out by the few who were uninjured. The Chrysopolis was a long way ahead, and knew nothing of the matter. The Antelope being behind, came up and took off the wounded and a large number of the dead, and brought the first news of the sad affair to Sacramento."Source:http://www.sfgenealogy.com/sf/history/hgmt5.htm#terrible%20calamity

This tombstone was discovered in Auburn, California in February 2010 as part of a surround planter area on private property. It is one of only two known original gravemarkers from the New Helevetia Cemetery. As a direct descendant of the Asch stone I am working with the Sacramento County Cemetery Comm. in trying to get the stone reunited with the family plot at the Sacramento City Cemetery. The tombstone was used for the brochure about the history of the New Helevetia Cemetery. "Lest They Be Forgotten Again"

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. This page originally submitted on May 14, 2009, by Syd Whittle of El Dorado Hills, California. This page has been viewed 1,774 times since then and 61 times this year. Photos:1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. submitted on May 14, 2009, by Syd Whittle of El Dorado Hills, California. 8. submitted on September 27, 2008, by Syd Whittle of El Dorado Hills, California. 9. submitted on January 7, 2011, by Susan Hofmeister O'Brien of Sag Harbor, New York.